All of 25, this former video journalist from Chhattisgarh is not an ordinary man. He claims he is a witness in more than 250 criminal cases, but for him this is not a feat. For the legal fraternity, he is a stock or pocket witness, one who is tutored to say before a court what police want him to. He says it is not a choice but a compulsion now and claims he is a witness in cases ranging from murder to Maoist violence.